An empirical look at the Defence Mechanism Test (DMT): Stimulus effects

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-94

  Zuber, Irena ^a   Ekehammar, Bo ^b  

^a Swed Inst of Cogn Psychotherapy   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defence mechanisms; DMT; Projective tests; Subliminal perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141956606     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00013     Document Type: Article

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